Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-05
THE ISSUES.
The Questions Before the Voters
Of Ohio.
SHALL THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF 81
ABOLISHED AND FRAUD AND
FORGERY IkOORSED!
The Position Of the Republican Party.
The Campaign Which 10 Now EngaS-
ing Attention.

The campaign Of 1887 is now fairly
opened, and the people once more have
their attention directed to politics, The
situation in this county is well under
stood by intelligent citizens, and we fail
| TO see any reason for advancing argn-
ments on the county situation. The fact
is that there is no possible excuse for citi-
zens of this county voting any ticket eN-
cept the regular Republican ticket, and
We hope this fact is generally appreci-
ated Leaving the local situation out Of
| the question. there are this year the
best reasons why all intelligent citizens
should vote for Governor Foraker and
the whole Republican ticket. t. any
one who asks the question. What are
the issues of the present campaign it is
easy to answer-in fact. most people
themselves can answer the question.
The Democratic party for the first time
in Ohio comes ont boldly in opposition to
the protective tariff! and declares in favor
of tariff for revenue only-that is. free
u W. Inv a''h''
cratic committee have been established
AT Mansfield, wh 're NJ. ID. Harter has a
stock of free trad documents which are
being sent TO voters in all parts of the
state. in an endeavor to work mp a free
trade sentiment in Ohio. The fallacies
of free trade have been often and 50
thoroughly exposed that it would seem
III
10 make any arguments in support of the
system under which the great industries
of this country have been built mp. and
employment furnished to thousands of
workingmen, and the country has moved
onward in wealth, population. and every
branch of trade and manufacture,
Under a protective tariff. farmers have
had home market for their productS,
and competition between them has been
lessened by the fact that protection to
American capital and American labor
has diversified employment and sci
thousands of men To working in other
fields, who. under free trade, would be
devoting their time to agriculture, as this
would he about the only branch of in
dustry that could be profitably carried on
in the United States, and would soon be
come Improbable through the lack Of a
market. The Democrats insist on fore
ing this issue this year, and they will he
given all they want of it Mr.. Powell,
the Democratic candidate, with W. ID.
Hill, Frank Hurd, NJ. ID. Harter and
other free traders, are openly proclaim
ing their enmity and hostility to the pro-
tectiye tariff, and have secured the Sc
vices of several free traders 10 get up
campaign documents for them while they
themselves are busily proclaiming from
the stump their opposition to the system
of q protective tariff This then, is one
OF the great issues before the people Of
Ohio this year.
Another issue Is that of forgery and
fraud as election methods. In 1885. when
Mr. Powell was chairman of the Demo
cratic state executive committee, the
forging and changing of election returns
in Columbus and Cincinnati were. for the
first time, introduced into campaign
methods rs a means OF electing Demo-
cratic candidates. Without such criminal
methods rs these there never would have
been any claim of a Democratic majority
I'm the last senate. BY the employment
of these methods Mr.. Powell claimed
majority in the legislature, and is TO this
day moaning and lamenting because jus
tice overlook the offenders against the
laws of the state. Besides sending the
80 70 sha ha panph
licans succeeded in ousting from their
seats in the legislature the men who held
these seats as a result of the forgeries
Instead of the Democratic party rebukiug
the forgery methods, it has indorsed them
by nominating L. f.. Powell. the man re
sponsible for the campaign management
in which they We're employed, as its can
didate for governor, and now asks the
people of Ohio to assist in indorsing such
methods by voting for him, This is a
subject which cannot receive too much
consideration from public speakers and
from the people.
Another issue which Mr.. Powell is
law. The people of Ohio, rs a rule. are
satisfied with the Dow law. which taxes
and regulates the liquor traffic, and salts
fled To leave this question out of politics
Mr.. Powell has paid emissaries out
through the state assuring those whose
support he thinks can be gained by such
assurance that il he is elected governor
the Dow law shall be destroyed as the
Scott law was by the Hoadly admistra-
ton Many men interested in the liquor
business will not thank Mr.. Powell for
attempting to stir up this question, and
the temperance people. as a rule, are sat
isfi-d with the progress made in liquor
legislation, and Mr.. Powell's position on
this matter is not likely to become popu-
lar. For this reason he has so far avoided
reference TO il on the stump, though
what he will do later il is impossible Ia
prophesy.
Another question which merits and
will receive great attention is the cconom-
ical and business-like administration OF
state affairs under Governor Foraker's
management. The expense of maintain
ing public institutions has been lessened,
without their usefulness being impaired
The penitentiary has again been placed
on paying basis without the rights Of
free labor being interfered with. Ex
travagance in various other state depart
ments has been stopped. The city gov
ernment of Cincinnati has been taken out
of the hands of the .'boOdlers'' and cor
ruptionists and placed in a position which
the honest people of Cincinnati appreciate
aud applaud. Various other reforms
have been brought about in Governor
Foraker's administration.
These the people of Ohio are expected to
indorse at the polls: and it is on account
of this brilliant record of Governor For
aker that the Democratic speakers, news
papers and candidates are now devoting
their whole time to abuse and misrepre
of him. His public acts have
been so much in the interests of the peo-
pie that they have been commended alike
by the Democratic and Republican news